Canton, NY - Victoria Hathaway and Jacob Dowman of the Clarkson University Cross Country team each finished inside the top 20 at the Liberty League Championships to highlight the Golden Knights showing in the annual conference event, this year hosted by St. Lawrence University at the Ronald C. Hoffmann Cross Country course.

The Golden Knights' women placed fifth among the seven scoring teams with 140 points, trailing Rensselaer (34), St. Lawrence (39), RIT (50), and Vassar (120), but ahead of Union (187), Bard (217) and William Smith (incomplete). The Clarkson men came in sixth among eight teams with 137 points, behind St. Lawrence (19), Rensselaer (57), RIT (90), Vassar (117) and Union (123), but placed ahead of Hobart (230) and Bard (242).

Hathaway placed 19th among 108 runners in the women's 6,000-meter event, finishing in 23:49.0 (6:23.3 average mile), just three spots ahead of freshman Sarah Duclos who came in 22nd in 23:56.68. Classmate Katie Ackner came in 46th, about a minute behind Duclos, with a time of 24:53.70, and sophomore Abigail Sullivan came in 47th in 24:55.10. Hannah Phillips also finished in the top 50, taking 49th in 25:02.71 to round out the Clarkson scoring. Taylor Lupini (71st) and Alison Davis (73rd) closed out Clarkson's top seven runners.

For the men, Jacob Dowman was the top finisher for the Knights, coming in 20th out of 118 runners with a time of 27:04.22 (5:26.8 average mile) in the 8,000-meter race. Three others finished in the next 10 spots for Clarkson, with Alexander DeWitt coming in 24th (27:08.73), Lukas Patrizio taking 26th (27:14.06) and Ryan Recchia placing 29th (27:17.76). AJ Beers also raced to a top-50 finish (46th) in 27:44.06 and Austin Smith was just outside the top 50 (54th) in 27:59.53. Jacob Erdman finished off Clarkson's top seven by coming in 60th overall in 28:03.26.